Error: Could not load map

[urraka]

Everytime i change to a map that some of the players don't have i get this error in the console

Error: Could not load map (map name)

So the map cahnges back to the one it was before, but it appears bugged, deadly polygons don't work and respawn positions get screwed. However, if i change the map again, sometimes it works and sends the map properly.

It's very annoying because i'm running a climb server and each time i change a map i have the risk of this bug happening. And also it's annoying because i made a script for saving the time u take to finish the map and i made a records table in my site, and when a map gets bugged any player can just run to the flag without dying in deadly polygons.

Notice that this only seems to happen when i change the map using commands (either /map or /nextmap), and there are players on the server who don't have the map i changed to.

So my question is, is there anybody with the same problem? is there any way to fix this?

Any help will be appreciated.

[amb2010]

Yeah i had the same problem but just when it switched to any map what i did was add the maps to the maplist in the soldat directory and the maplist i had in arsse. then is started to work fine.

Edit: or in the soldat directory make a text document and put the names of the maps you want ot play in them with out the file type so ctf_Nuubia is an example, then use the /loadlist (name of the document) in your server to set those maps for the server to use.
Hope this helps.

*Im not sure if thats the right command i think something along the lines of it though.

[BombSki]

Another discussion about this @ http://forums.soldat.pl/index.php?topic=16558.new#new

[DePhille]

The solution to this is very simple: Watch out for capital characters, names are CaSe-SeNsItIvE! /map hello might not work whereas /map Hello will work.

The problem could also be in the mapformat itself, the mapper might've messed up the names for the scenery, so they're refered to as Scenery.bmp in the mapformat and the actual name of the file is scenery.bmp. This will give alot of missing scenery errors. However, sometimes (not always!) these errors can be found in the consolelogs.

Grtz, DePhille

[urraka]

Case sesitive doesn't apply for windows, does it?

[BombSki]

Nope, it doesnt.
Also watch out for mapnames that are longer than 16 chars! This is apparently still pretty unknown as some mappers are still using longer names, but it makes it impossible to play the map online.
Exactly the same bug used to happen when a map had less than 4 sceneries, which was also very unknown! (avarax himself even didnt put sceneries in his hover-maps causing these bugs)
But.. i think since 1.4 you dont need to have 4 sceneries in the map anymore..

[urraka]

Yeah, i found out about the 16 chars thing with AirpiratesClassic. Maybe this should be notified in some sticky in mapping area, so people doesn't make maps with long names.

[chrisgbk]

I had mentioned this a long time ago, in the mapping area, but no one took heed of what I said, and it was never made a sticky. This was a long time ago mind you, 1.3.1 era.